Pasquale Paoli
Corsican leader (1725-1807) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81
Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli was a Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule over the island.
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Commemorative plaque to Paoli at the monastery of Saint Anthony of Casabianca.
Paoli's name listed on the south face of the Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial in London
![A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's.[11] Left to right: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, Pasquale Paoli, Charles Burney, a servant (possibly Francis Barber), Thomas Warton, Oliver Goldsmith. (select a detail of the image for more information)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JoshuaReynoldsParty.jpg/500px-JoshuaReynoldsParty.jpg)
A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's.[11] Left to right: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, Pasquale Paoli, Charles Burney, a servant (possibly Francis Barber), Thomas Warton, Oliver Goldsmith. (select a detail of the image for more information)
The Cenotaph of Pasquale Paoli, in Westminster Abbey (London)Awards
About this person
He became the President of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica and wrote the Constitution of the state.
Country
France
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1725 to 1807 · aged 81
